-60-70% of work already completed, great interest from Japanese-

ROME, Dec. 2, 2024 /ANSA=Kyodo JBN/ --

Construction work on the Italian Pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 is proceeding at a fast pace.

The pavilion will be the largest national complex entirely build in wood.

About 60-70% of the work has already been completed.

The pace of construction, during the first institutional visit to the site of ongoing work, attracted the interest of the large group of Japanese reporters present, who were curious about all the ideas represented by the pavilion - a message aiming for a positive impact in which, along with beauty and Italian taste, ethics and sustainability cohabit.

The objective of the Carbon-free certificate in fact does not limit artistic validation but, on the contrary, strengthens the message.

It embraces the technology used to glue wood, a material that captures CO2 and thus important to balance out emissions, explained the architect of the Italian Pavilion Mario Cucinella.

The pavilion interpreted by Cucinella will be like a “large hangar of knowledge”, with three main elements representing Italy’s history: the theatre to welcome visitors, a large square as a meeting point, and a sweeping garden representing the union of two cultures.

Functionality and cultural attractiveness promote investments on innovation, research and technology, thanks to the involvement of regions that are about to become the protagonists of the exhibition, represented by Friuli Venezia Giulia Governor Massimiliano Fedriga, using the perspective of potential investments on Italy’s territory.

The projects are “aimed at improving the quality of life and promoting sustainability, as the theme itself of Expo says, designing future society”, recalled once more Mario Vattani, the General Commissioner for Italy at Expo 2025.

“Osaka offers a unique opportunity to promote Italian excellencies in a multitude of sectors, thus the appointment is in April 2025 with great attention from the Japanese on what we will present”, he concluded.

Source: General Commissioner’s Office of Italy for Expo 2025 Osaka